Alwyn, Kenneth

50 Best Romantic Piano Classics - Popular romantic classics for solo piano or piano & orchestra

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; The Seasons, Op. 47b; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Conc...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Ahn Trio; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Angelich, Nicholas; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Bran, Tim; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Donohoe, Peter; Duchable, Francois-Rene ...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Thompson, Bryden; Galliera, Alceo; Jansons, Mariss; Foster, Lawrence; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; ...
Ensemble: ; Rostal & Schaefer Piano Duo

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks of romantic piano music from catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest...continue...

Essential British Classics - Over 2 hours of rousing classical anthems

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Sarabande; Water Music Suite no 2 in D; Messiah; Music for the Royal Fireworks; Coronation Anthem; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; Funeral Music for Queen Mary; Jere...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bean, Hugh; Beniston, Paul; Brightman, Sarah; du Pre, Jacqueline; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Graham, Susan; Haim, ...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Briger, Alexander; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Boult, Adrian; Cleobury, Stephen; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Handley, Vernon; Trevor, Kirk; Jenkin...
Ensemble: ; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

50 Best Songs from the Musicals [3 CDs]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: Alain Boublil: I Dreamed a Dream, song (for the musical Les Misérables); Bring Him Home, song (for the musical Les Misérables); Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Music of the Night, song (for the mu...
Performers: Anderson, Moira; Barstow, Josephine; Bayless, Jean; Berry, Craig; Burns, Debralee [Vocals]; Burns, Karla; Chapman, Shirley; Cogan, Alma; Criswell, Kim; Dann, Roger; Deleon, Jack; Dent, Rebecca; Garre...
Conductors: Ellis, Philip; Gemignani, Paul; Lee, Simon; Lowe, Robert; Tunick, Jonathan; Love, Geoff; Davies, Gareth; McGlinn, John; Osborne, Tony; Matz, Peter; Fonteyn, Sam; Alwyn, Kenneth; Ainsworth, Alyn; Ratt...
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble

50 Best British Classics [3 CDs]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Messiah; Thomas Tallis: If ye love me; In manus tuas; John Goss: Hymn; Psalm 23; Charles Villiers Stanford: Beati quorum via; Hubert Parry: Dear Lord and F...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Bayl, Benjamin; Bean, Hugh; Bell, David [Organ]; Brett, Oliver; Bullard, Thomas; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; du Pre, Jacqueline; Stevens, Peter [Organ]; Willcocks, Davi...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Willcocks, David; Barbirolli, John; Boult, Adrian; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Handley, Vernon; Hughes, Owain Arwel; Groves, Charles, Sir; Kilbey, Reginald; Dunn, Vivi...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Wallace Collection (Brass Ensemble)

Time Traveller: Wartime Britain

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: William Walton: Prelude and Fugue "Spitfire"; Henry V; Cecil Armstrong Gibbs: Dusk, for voice & piano; Richard Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto; Walter Kent: The White Cliffs of Dover; Kenneth J. Alford: C...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Bowlly, Al; Coward, Noel; Hess, Myra; Lynn, Vera
Conductors: Walton, William; Dunn, Vivian; Alwyn, Kenneth; Osborne, Tony; Marriner, Sir Neville; Groves, Charles, Sir; Gibbons, Carroll; Barbirolli, John; Wallace, J.L.; Noble, Ray; Kilbey, Reginald

Britain's Finest Hour - and six years of cataclysm, stoicism and heroism - are recalled by this richly varied collection of music associated with the...continue...

British Light Classics - works by Bayco, Coates, Curzon, Docker, Farnon, Grainger, Hartley, Ketelbey, Tomlinson et al. / Groves, Alwyn, Lanchbery et al.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Eric Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; Calling All Workers, march for orchestra; The Merrymakers, a miniature overture; Knightsbridge March; Oxford Street, march for orchest...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Kilbey, Reginald; Lanchbery, John; Vinter, Gilbert; Groves, Charles, Sir; Dunn, Vivian, Sir; Alwyn, Kenneth; Williams, Charles; Torch, Sidney; Martin, Ray; Weldon, George; Co...

From the Sleepy Lagoon to the Dam Busters, from Knightsbridge in a Jaunting Car to a Monastery Garden: all the classic tracks collected here are...continue...

The Symphonic Celtic Album

1 CD / Silva America / 2011-05-03

Works: Carter Burwell: Miller's Crossing; Rob Roy; Enya: May It Be (for the film Lord of the Rings; Howard Shore: The Lord of the Rings; Seán O Riada: Women of Ireland (Mná na h-Eireann); Thomas N...
Conductors: Fitzpatrick, James; Raine, Nic; Bateman, Paul; Alwyn, Kenneth; Klemens, Mario

The mental disconnect between the "Celtic" content of this release and its performance by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (no conductor is listed) fades when you notice that it's not Celtic ...continue...

Il Meglio Della Musica di Ennio Morricone

2 CD / HBDirect Import / 2010-11-30

Works: Ennio Morricone: C'era una volta in America (Once Upon A Time In America); Il Bouono, il Brutto, il Cattivo (The Good, The Bad And The Ugly); Il mio Nome e' Nessuno (My Name is Nobody); Giù la...
Performers: Ayres, Mark; Williams, Gareth
Conductors: Raine, Nic; Bateman, Paul; Wadsworth, Derek; Alwyn, Kenneth

Best Of British / Addinsell, Arnold, Britten, Butterworth, et al.

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-28

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus'; Three Preludes Founded on Welsh Tunes; English Folk So...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Becu, Wim; Beniston, Paul; Carewe, Mary [Soprano Vocal]; Chambers, Colin; Cohen, Robert [Cello]; Finch, Catrin; Johnston, Guy [Cello]; ...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Rattle, Simon, Sir; del Mar, Norman; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Davison, Arthur; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Dilke...
Ensemble: ; Virtuosi of England

Celebrate the United Kingdom's favorite classical music with this exclusive EMI Classics release - Best of British. Get your tea and crumpets ready as you...continue...

100 Greatest Western Themes

6 CD / Silva America / 2010-09-14

Works: Dimitri Tiomkin: The Alamo; Duel in the Sun; Friendly Persuasion; Giant; Gunfight at the O.K. Corral; High Noon; Night Passage; Rawhide; Red River; Rio Bravo; Tension at Table Rock; The Unforgiven; T...
Performers: Ferreira, Keith; Howard, Jason; Kinder, Charlotte; Lockwood, Steve; Washington, Jill; Williams, Gareth
Conductors: Bateman, Paul; Temple, David; Raine, Nic; Fitzpatrick, James; Alwyn, Kenneth; Wadsworth, Derek; Caine, Daniel

The Most Happy Fella, musical

1 CD / Sepia Records / 2010-09-14

Works: Frank Loesser: The Most Happy Fella, musical
Conductors: Alwyn, Kenneth

Recording information: London (04/1960).

When Columbia Records came to record and release the original Broadway cast album of Frank Loesser's 1956 musical The Most Happy Fella, the company opte...continue...

Bonnet Dramas Revisited

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-08-10

Works: Carl Davis: Pride and Prejudice; Cranford; The Far Pavilions; Wojciech Kilar: The Portrait of a Lady; Jim Parker: The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling; Rachel Portman: Emma; The Duchess; Thomas Newm...
Performers: Barron, Rob; Buchanan, Isobel; Davis, Catherine; Kenny, Yvonne; Kinder, Charlotte; Pringle, John; Rieu, André; Tan, Melvyn [Piano]; Zamfir, Gheorghe [Pan Flute]
Conductors: Davis, Carl; Konícek, Stepán; Parker, Jim; Alwyn, Kenneth; Motzing, William; Burgon, Geoffrey; Fennell, Frederick; Emrys-Roberts, Kenyon; Bateman, Paul; Noble, Guy; Rieu, André; Hales,...
Ensemble: ; ABC Showband